NOUN | state | shortsightedness, myopia, nearsightedness | (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability |
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attribute | shortsightedness, improvidence | a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources |
Sounds | shao'rtsay'tihdnihs | |
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Rhymes | abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... |
Meaning | (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred. | |
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Synonyms | myopia, nearsightedness | |
Category | ophthalmology | The branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases |
Broader | ametropia | (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia |
Opposite | hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness | Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects |
Spanish | miopía | |
Catalan | miopia | |
Adjectives | shortsighted | unable to see distant objects clearly |
Meaning | A lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources. | |
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Synonym | improvidence | |
Narrower | extravagance, prodigality, profligacy | The trait of spending extravagantly |
thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness | The trait of wasting resources | |
Broader | imprudence | A lack of caution in practical affairs |
Opposite | providence | The prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources |
Spanish | imprevisión | |
Catalan | imprevisió | |
Adjectives | shortsighted | lacking foresight or scope |
shortsighted | not given careful consideration |
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